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Reflections of a teacher

Fifteen years ago, I moved to the government school system from teaching English in one of Delhi's leading, private trust-run schools. Looking back, despite some changes, the government

By Snehlata Gupta

/ 1 Jan 2010

Stop and think (India)

India The Indian union is going through a shake up, with aspirations of statehood rising in the mainland with much vigour. First a Telengana is to be carved out of

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2010

The mild pro-Congress undercurrent

The verdict is in, but the mandate is still hazy. If the verdict is loud and clear, the weak and hesitant voice of the mandate does not lend itself to

By Yogendra Yadav

/ 21 Jun 2009

Meaning of the mandate (India)

The November-December elections to six state assemblies in India turned out to be, perhaps, the most critical political test since the 2004 general election that sent the Bharatiya Janata Party-led

By The Editors

/ 4 Jan 2009

Assam’s rise of the margins

The recent assembly elections in Assam, with results out in mid-May, represent a turning point in the state's political evolution. New outfits are jostling for political space with

By The Editors

/ 2 Dec 2008

Polls are a celebration of democracy, particularly so because they decide the fate of governments, which affect the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. National parliamentary elections are about the big

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

Dispelling dangerous notions

Perhaps for the first time, a book in Hindi seeks to present the Kashmir question as a Kashmiri would have presented it.

By Iftikhar Gilani

/ 31 Aug 2006

Feeling good? Feeling terrible!

´India shining´ and ´feel good factor´ are the slogans of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), as they prepare for the Lok Sabha (lower house of

By Syed Ali Mujtaba

/ 27 Mar 2004

Making it happen in Kashmir

Sri Lanka is moving ahead with path-breaking peace talks. At the northern end of South Asia, the relative success of the legislative assembly elections provides New Delhi with an opportunity to revise its long-hardened policy on Jammu and Kashmir.

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 Nov 2002

Fair is foul

It would have been a revolutionary bill and a first for this part of the world. But whoever heard of parliamentarians voluntarily giving up their privileges? The Women´s Bill,

By The Editors

/ 31 Jul 1998

India: Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan

The centrist political platform held by Congress has become largely irrelevant.

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 Jan 1998

Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan

The world´s largest democracy, whatever may be its quality, is up for elections again. The fallout of the Jain Commission report brought down the government of I.K. Gujral,

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1998